Epsom Handicap
Group 1 race | |
![]() Amounis, 1926 & 1928 winner
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Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1865 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | The Star (2014) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | A$1,000,000 (2015) |
The Epsom Handicap is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race from horses three years old and older, under handicap conditions over a distance of 1,600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October.[1] Prize money is A$1,000,000.
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Race History
In 1897 Jim McHugh weighing 4 stone 4 pounds (27 kg) and aged 11 years and 4 months was having his second race ride ever, on Robin Hood in the Epsom Handicap and won the race.[2]
Jockey, Donald Nicolson won the race in succession five times from 1880 to 1884 and came fifth in 1885. He was killed a few weeks later when his mount fell in the 1885 Caulfield Cup.[3]
It is one of the major races of the ATC Spring Carnival. Many great milers have won the race, including Chatham, Gunsynd, and Super Impose, who was also a dual winner of the autumn equivalent, the Doncaster Handicap.
Race name
The race was named after the famous Epsom Downs Racecourse in the South of England where the classic three-year-old Epsom Derby has been contested since 1780.[1]
Race grade
- 1865–1978 - Principle Race
- 1979 onwards - Group 1
Race distance
- 1865–1878 - 1 mile (~1600 metres)
- 1879–1884 - 11⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
- 1885–1971 - 1 mile (~1600 metres)
- 1972–2000 – 1600 metres
- 2001 – 1400 metres (run at Randwick's inner course known as the Kensington)
- 2002 onwards - 1600 metres
Race venue
- 1865–1982 - Randwick Racecourse
- 1983 - Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 1984 onwards - Randwick Racecourse
1954 Racebook
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1954 AJC EPSOM HANDICAP RACEBOOK P1.jpg
Front cover of the 1954 AJC Epsom Handicap racebook
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1954 AJC EPSOM HANDICAP RACEBOOK P2.jpg
Starters and jockeys of the 1954 Epsom Handicap
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1954 AJC EPSOM HANDICAP RACEBOOK P3.jpg
1954 Epsom Handicap racebook
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1954 AJC EPSOM HANDICAP RACEBOOK P4.jpg
1954 Epsom Handicap racebook
The winners
- 2015 - Winx [4]
- 2014 - He's Your Man [5]
- 2013 - Boban [6]
- 2012 - Fat Al [7]
- 2011 - Secret Admirer [8]
- 2010 - Captain Sonador [9]
- 2009 - Rock Kingdom [10]
- 2008 - Theseo [11]
- 2007 - ‡race not held
- 2006 - Racing To Win [12]
- 2005 - Desert War [13]
- 2004 - Desert War [14]
- 2003 - Clangalang [15]
- 2002 - Excellerator[16]
- 2001 - Final Fantasy[17]
- 2000 - Shogun Lodge[18]
- 1999 - Allez Suez[19]
- 1998 - Dodge[20]
- 1997 - Iron Horse[21]
- 1996 - Filante[22]
- 1995 - Nick's Joy[23]
- 1994 - Navy Seal[24]
- 1993 - Golden Sword[25]
- 1992 - Kinjite[26]
- 1991 - Super Impose[27]
- 1990 - Super Impose[28]
- 1989 - From The Planet[29]
- 1988 - Regal Native[30]
- 1987 - Sound Horizon[31]
- 1986 - Chanteclair[32]
- 1985 - Magnitude[33]
- 1984 - Riverdale[34]
- 1983 - Cool River[35]
- 1982 - Dalmacia
- 1981 - Gold Circle
- 1980 - Bold Diplomat
- 1979 - Imposing
- 1978 - Leonotis
- 1977 - Raffindale
- 1976 - La Neige
- 1975 - Authentic Heir
- 1974 - Citadel
- 1973 - Lord Nelson
- 1972 - Triton
- 1971 - Gunsynd
- 1970 - Ricochet
- 1969 - Broker's Tip
- 1968 - Speed Of Sound
- 1967 - Cabochon
- 1966 - Chantal
- 1965 - Even Better
- 1964 - Toi Port
- 1963 - Toi Port
- 1962 - Rochdale
- 1961 - Sky High
- 1960 - Ma Cherie
- 1959 - Noholme
- 1958 - Turkestan
- 1957 - Timor
- 1956 - Knave
- 1955 - Hans
- 1954 - Connaught
- 1953 - Silver Phantom
- 1952 - High Law
- 1951 - Davey Jones
- 1950 - Achilles
- 1949 - Denali
- 1948 - De La Salle
- 1947 - Titanic
- 1946 - Blue Legend
- 1945 - Shannon
- 1944 - Modulation
- 1943 - Kiaree
- 1942 - Freckles
- 1941 - Rimveil
- 1940 - High Caste
- 1939 - Geebung
- 1938 - King's Head
- 1937 - Gold Rod
- 1936 - Capris
- 1935 - Synagogue
- 1934 - Silver Ring
- 1933 - Chatham
- 1932 - Chatham
- 1931 - Autopay
- 1930 - Cathmar
- 1929 - Nightmarch
- 1928 - Amounis
- 1927 - Vaals
- 1926 - Amounis
- 1925 - †Boaster / Metellus
- 1924 - Blackadder
- 1923 - Claro
- 1922 - Rostrum
- 1921 - Beauford
- 1920 - Greenstead
- 1919 - Wolaroi
- 1918 - Rebus
- 1917 - Satin Bird
- 1916 - Panacre
- 1915 - Woorak
- 1914 - Portrush
- 1913 - Aleconner
- 1912 - Hartfell
- 1911 - Volsloane
- 1910 - Silver Hampton
- 1909 - Hyman
- 1908 - Melodrama
- 1907 - Melodrama
- 1906 - Maximize
- 1905 - Sleeper
- 1904 - Contest
- 1903 - Famous
- 1902 - Air Motor
- 1901 - Sequence
- 1900 - Ampier
- 1899 - Djin Djin
- 1898 - Alemene
- 1897 - Robin Hood
- 1896 - Steward
- 1895 - Hopscotch
- 1894 - Uabba
- 1893 - Brockleigh
- 1892 - Daredevil
- 1891 - Marvel
- 1890 - Bungebah
- 1889 - Novice
- 1888 - Stockwell
- 1887 - Phaon
- 1886 - Zeno
- 1885 - Folly
- 1884 - Espiegle
- 1883 - Masquerade
- 1882 - Masquerade
- 1881 - Waxy
- 1880 - Master Avenel
- 1879 - Sweetmeat
- 1878 - Viscount
- 1877 - Eva
- 1876 - Malta
- 1875 - Evangeline
- 1874 - Westminster
- 1873 - †Atalanta / Kingfisher
- 1872 - The Count
- 1871 - Captain Cook
- 1870 - Deceptive
- 1869 - Circassian
- 1868 - Phoebe
- 1867 - Birmingham
- 1866 - Rapidan
- 1865 - Dundee
† Deadheat
‡ Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza[36]
See also
References
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